달빛 길어올리기 (Dal-bit Gil-eo-ol-li-gi)

Also known as "Scooping Up The Moonlight"
Synopsis
During the Japanese invasion of Korea, the records of Joseon dynasty were burned. This is the story of people who wanted to restore the record of the Jeonju accident, the only one that survived.

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[HanCinema's Digest] Photography and Art2017/03/25,
Catch a posthumous exhibition of Kwon Young-woo's paper works in Seoul, Korea Expose uncovers the "white list", see the charm of Korea's family corner stores in a beautiful series of paintings, and would you get a tattoo of your furry friends?,...More

[UK] BFI : Im Kwon-taek: Run Far, Fly High2012/10/09, Source,
19 October 2012 - 2 November 2012
Im Kwon-taek, winner of the Best Director prize at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Berlin Bear Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival, came from a humble film background as a prop assistant to a lighting assistant. Yet since 1962 he has directed more than 100 films in his native South Korea. Critics contend that after his early films of the 60s and 70s - mainly historical dramas and war movies - Im found his true artistic voice in the 1980s and onward, through his subtly subversive manner of portraying South Korea's urgent and pressing social issues during a time when the country's film industry was highly censored,...More

Art and Culture2012/08/09, Source,
It's almost the weekend and we are here with our Michelle Kim for the details on what we can do on the weekend. For people in both London and Korea, Michelle has a bunch of arts and culture updates for us. Hello Michelle [Reporter : ] Hello Conn-young So what do you have for us today,...More

Korean Tech Time Machine: Ultimate Rewind2012/08/05, Source, Here at Advanced Technology Korea, we usually talk about the latest technology.
But what if we took a big step back? Thousands of years or so? During the three Kingdoms period, Koreans were highly interested in astronomy as well as agriculture, which can be seen through constellations in mural paintings and records of solar eclipses. By this time, weapons, Korean traditional paper making and construction technology had reached very high levels.
Here's a look at some tech and design from Korea's ancient history,...More

Cinema on the Park returns, Embrace your connection!2012/07/09, Source,
The Korean Cultural Office has just announced it's program for the new season of Cinema on the Park beginning on July 19th.
Providing a diverse range of Korean cinema, this weekly event is perfect for both the average movie-goer and the seasoned cinephile. With special guests and tasty snacks, EMBRACE YOUR CONNECTION to Korean cinema,...More

(41) Im Kwon-taek brought Korean tradition to screen2012/07/01, Source,
Director Im Kwon-taek received an honorary Berlin Bear award for his lifetime achievement at the 55th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin in 2005. / Korea Times
By Andrew Salmon A master of pansori ― a form of vocal Korean opera ― leads his adopted son and daughter through the backwaters of rural Korea. The troupe scratch an increasingly precarious living as itinerant musicians while their master, refusing to compromise with modernity, strictly trains them in the traditional art which is his only skill and his motive passion. But with the country swept up in massive social upheavals between the 1940s, 50s and 60s, their art form is losing its cachet, relevance and audiences. The son decides to abandon his life as a wandering troubadour and embrace modern music. The father ― believing that suffering is essential to create great art, unwilling to change with the times and desperate to keep his hold on to his adopted daughter, an extraordinary vocal talent ― is driven to commit an act of unforgettable cruelty,...More

Presenting past, present of 'Korean wave'2012/03/26, Source,
A visitor looks at the "byeongpung", or traditional folding screen that shows Korean-style roofs on its digital screen at a Hallyu promotion booth set up inside the COEX center in Samseong-dong, Seoul, where the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit is being held for two days. (Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul)
The 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit is not just a summit for discussing nuclear security issues; it is also a great opportunity for Korea to promote its culture,...More

Temples offer quick spring getaways2012/02/25, Source,
Visitors enjoy tea and conversation with a monk at the Youngpyung Temple in South Chungcheong Province. / Courtesy of the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism
By Do Je-hae Templestays are hosted throughout the year but the Jogye Order, running many of Korea's oldest and most prominent Buddhist temples, recently announced a special program geared to springtime visitors,...More

[Portrait] Filmmaker Im Kwon-taek: master of mirrors2011/10/20, Source,
Filmmaker Im Kwon-taek drinks a cup of morning coffee during an interview with The Korea Times at a cafe near his home in Suji, Gyeonggi Province on Sept. 28. / Photography by Jesse Chun for The Korea Times
At 75, the filmmaker continues to explore new ground. "I don't lie in my movies... I simply try to capture what we feel in our everyday lives".
This is the second in a series of interviews with international pioneers among Korean artists, to mark the 61st anniversary of The Korea Times that falls on Nov. 1, and is sponsored by The Korea Press Foundation. ― ED.
By Lee Hyo-won
SUJI, Gyeonggi Province/BUSAN - It took an extra second to confirm the interview venue with Im Kwon-taek. The filmmaker used "dabang", an outdated word for coffee shop rarely heard outside of retro movies.
While the 75-year-old may not care to update his parlance, he never fails to create new audiovisual languages onscreen. His extensive filmography spells out disparate themes and styles, but his movies share a common tongue in that, like mirrors, they honestly translate all the beauty, grit, joy and sorrow of life. And for this they speak across borders and generations,...More

Actress duo hosts open new chapter for BIFF2011/10/07, Source,
BUSAN ― The 16th Busan International Film Festival made sure Thursday's opening gala showed that Asia's largest cinema event was beginning a new chapter.
Not only does the festival assume a new name, with the outdated Romanization "Pusan" changed to "Busan" ― but this year's event will be the first to be headed by Lee Yong-kwan after founding director Kim Dong-ho stepped down. Both men took part in the event, alongside Busan Mayor and festival chairman Hur Nam-sik,...More

Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today at the MoMA2011/09/16, Source, Yeonghwa: Korean Film Today will start on Sept. 22 and last through Oct. 2.
This year, we are pleased to welcome back Lim Soon-rye, South Korea's most highly regarded female filmmaker, to The Korea Society for the Opening Night's screening of "Rolling Home with a Bull" (2010), which follows a young man's forlorn life as a failed poet and unemployed bachelor who winds up taking an unexpected journey throughout the country with his father's cvherished bull and making a series of peculiar run-ins.
This year's Yeonghwa series will also have a special focus on director Jeon Kyu-hwan, whose Town Trilogy films--"Mozart Town" (2008), "Animal Town" (2009) and "Dance Town" (2010)-examines various human lives that exist in Seoul's urban landscape, including those of an African laborer, a Russian exchange student, a reformed pedophile, a North Korean defector, and a dejected print-shop owner. Jeon's Town Trilogy critiques the "town" of Seoul from a sociological auteur's perspective,...More

Kwon In-su expresses life force in poppies2011/08/19, Source,
"Poppies" by Kwon In-su
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Pink, purple and blue petals spread softly on "Hanji", traditional Korean mulberry paper, and subtle pistil and stamens in yellow are set in the middle of the flower, for Kwon In-su's paintings of poppies are full of liveliness.
The Korean painter is holding his eighth solo exhibition at Insa Art Center in Seoul through Tuesday. The gallery is filled with energy emitting from large poppies on the wall.
Kwon graduated from Seoul National University, majoring in art, and earned his master's degree at Hongik University. He mainly draws nature, such as trees and flowers. Poppies attracted Kwon's attention ever since he once saw one on a hillside. Since then, he has been capturing the vivid flowers in Oriental paintings,...More

[HanCinema's Film Review] Hanji2011/05/21,
The veteran Korean filmmaker Im Kwon-taek's 101st film "Hanji" (also know as "Scooping Up the Moonlight") blurs the line between narrative fiction and documentary filmmaking. It's educational and delicate, but is it at times a victim of its own intentions?,...More

Im Kwon-taek: directing beyond his years 2011/03/15, Source, Im Kwon-taek poses for the camera in Seoul, Monday, before sitting down for an interview to speak about "Hanji". In his 101st film, the 75-year-old director captures the beauty of Korean traditional paper, "Hanji", and also poses questions about protecting artistic heritage. / Korea Times photos by Shim Hyun-chul
Im's 101st film explores madness in the mundane. "Why do people have to become crazy about preserving (things just because they're old)? But I wanted to show that we are losing something valuable right here, right now",...More

Meet Korean, Japanese master directors2010/06/13, Source, The Korean Film Archive will offer 10 works by Lee Doo-yong, a pioneer of Korean action films, for free on its video-on-demand website through June 30.
/ Courtesy of KOFA

Master director Im Kwon-taek may have 100 films under his belt, but he considers his upcoming project, "Dalb,...More

New Govt. Plan to Promote Korea's Image at Home & Abroad2007/02/15, Source, Korean pop culture has spread rapidly abroad especially in Asia through the phenomenon called the Korean Wave.
The government seeks to create a second Korean Wave with a new plan to promote the country's cultural treasures at home and abroad.
Kim Duyeon tells us more.
The brand is "HanStyle".
"H,...More

Culture and Tourism Minister Kim Myong-gon yesterday said that the ministry will launch a promotional campaign for six Korean traditional brands to diversify the contents of "hallyu", the Korean pop culture boom in Asia.

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